- (a) When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the clerk of the court shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.
(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
- (1) That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;
- (2) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice unless the registered order is under section 707 [§48-16-707];
- (3) That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and
- (4) Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
(c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:
- (1) Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;
- (2) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;
- (3) State that the procedures provided in subsection (b) of this section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and
- (4) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.
- (d) Upon registration of an income withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's source of income pursuant to section 14-401 et seq. [§48-14-401 et seq.], of this chapter.